pffffffiouuuuuuuuuuuu ... Here I am back from a real marathon day !!
I think that today, I have visited the four corners of Toulouse! I saw many things, buildings, people, but also these strange giant fowls :
I was a bit scared (have you seen this big one?)
But Mood explained me they weren't real : in fact it's an exhibition about the rugby french (strange) mascot : the French cockerel
Indeed, Toulouse is one of the town that host the Rugby world cup, and you cn't ignore it !! Rugby is everywhere!!!
Fortunately, the weather was great, it looked like summer holidays. I find that people are very cool and friendly.
So we went for a walk along the Garonne river
Here I am in front of the Ramier Island where you can see many migratory birds
and behind me is the Prairie des Filtres (Filter meadow) where all the rugby world cup matches are broadcasted on a giant screen... and the people !!!! (it was the France/ Georgie match)
I was very curious to see closer so Mood took me there...
We walked through the Tounis Embankement
In the background is the Pont Neuf (new bridge) (the oldest of the town in fact)
then here we are on the Prairie des Filtres :
there was lots of people watching the match !!! Look at the man on the left with his Michalak tee-shirt
And on the screen you can see a pile of rugbymen : this is what they call the scrummage! (strange sport???)
Anyway, I really loved this part of the town where you can spend time looking at the flyboat or sunbathing ...
but today it was a rugbymen invasion, so we turned back to the Pont Neuf
On the way I had a quick glance at this binoculars
and then we have decided to take a drink to the Place du Capitole ... we went past the Hotel d'Assezat (Assezat mansion)
here is the yard
nice isn't it?
Then we took the St Rome street that leads to the Capitole...
here is an old half-timbered house
and here is the Place du Capitole (the townhall)
There is a big poster to support Toulouse's candidature as the next 2013 cultural capital city...
I have visited the townhall : here are the beautiful stairs
that lead to the Salle des illustres (illustrious room)
where many weddings are celebrated (by the way Mood told m about a very good looking Elephonse ...???) You can see the red armchairs
